The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-10-22
BroalbPin' New york Letter.
special to The cAnpov ADVOCATE.


new revolution, ,exclaiming, like Corialanus
of old, "You Danish mel Romans, turn
my back on you; there is a worlds else
wherelr'
And now am reminded that one pleas
ant afternoon many years ago, before he
had ceased entirely holding commerce with
baser clay, sat beside him in Madison
square, and the conversation turned on his
visit TO California. At the time | speak of
he had stopped shaking hands with grown
people, but he still conversed freely with
those he knew. had made his acquain-
tance many years before when he came to
San Francisco ostensibly for the purpose of
organizing labor for the destruction of cap
italists. There was no Pacific Railroad
then, and George Francis crossed the plains
from Omaha in one of the stages which
were then the only means of communica-
tion. But if we had no railroad we had a
telegraph, and the telegraph was kept busy
after Mr.. Train started on his pilgrimage.
A large bulletin board was set up ON the
corner of one of the principal streets and
people crowded around il as they do to see
presidential election returns
First came the George
Francis Train is comingll Look out III
Now he has left Omaha" Thousands
crowded about the stage wildly cheering
"George Francis Train has arrived at Chey-
enne. All the population out to greet the
Nan of the People. Salt Lake City turns
ont to see Train. He is rapidly approach
ing the land of gold and slavery. Capital
lists, tremblel!! George Francis Train will
soon be among ye He reaches the Noun
tains of Gold and looks down on the Val
leys of SILVER. He comes!! He comes l!p'
| The widest excitement prevailed in San
Francisco, and large delegation of work
ingmen went up to Sacramento 10 meet
him. The steamer arrived just at evening
all decked with flags, and as she approached
the dock George Francis Train stood ON the
upper deck apart from the crowd encased
in long Irish frieze ulster. 1t seemed as
if the crowd would go crazy. When the
steamer struck the wharf the multitude
covered her like a swarm of bees and
crowded around the hero of the hour. On
the wharf stood a magnificent carriage
gaily decked with Irish and American flags
and drawn by six milk-white horses. The
reception committee made way for George
Francis, but he refused to put his foot ii
it. Not he; he wanted nothing better thar
that which was shared by the working man
The begged, they entreated, but without
avail; so folding his arms majestically h,
ture of "The Wearing of the Green,
marched up bareheaded to.his hotel. Fo
twenty-seven nights thereafter he crowded
the Metropolitan Theatre, the largest hous
in San Francisco. The receipts running
up to three and four thousand dollars
night.
ID. o. Mills, who owns the monster build
ing on Broad street in this city, seemed Il
be the especial object OF his hate; at tina
time he was president of Bank California
although Ralston, who afterwards com
mtted suicide, was really the manager
The attack was most bitter and virulent
there was considerable talk of prosecution
; but whether ii was that the bank did no
consider the game worth the powder, o
that the officers were afraid that the
would be murdered and their bank dies
troYed if they touched the peoples cham
; pion, do not know, but nothing was eve
done, and George Francis got off with hi
swag-the profits of the trip being estimat
ell between forty and fifty Thousand do
lars.
The whole affair was wonderfully we
. managed, and if he was mad then, theI
was wonderful method in his madnes
A which might well commend itself to thos
: who boast of their sanity. ! shall nevC
6 forget one night he was speaking of I'll
), woes of Ireland. He had just returne
:, from there and had been shut up in a
!, Irish Jail. When he landed from Ill
steamer IN Ireland he stuffed his pocke
9 full of incendiary documents and the polio
Immediately seized him; that was exact
what he expected and wanted; 1t was wort
n to him hundred thousand dollars. O
" the night l speak of he was telling of IL
1t hellish martyrdOm he had suffered in a
e Irish Jail for Ireland's freedom. The and
= ence was sympathetic and was worked L
d to white heat. 1t was wild scene. Son
Is cried, Others yelled while hundreds stampe
o and clapped their hands till the old bull,
+ ing seemed to rock. At this point |
n rushed down to the front of the stage, an
pointing his finger at a man who was will
ly cheering in the gallery, cried, "IIa III
II look there" Instantly, as if by magic, a
d was silent, and he cried. Speak out, II
n my; haYe you eyer seen me before?" IT
man roared, II did, God bless you, sir;yc
* snt five pounds to me poor ould moth
Ie who was dYin' ,and you helped me to escal
N from an Irish Jail an gave me five pounr
lie to carry me to America" Come on Il
ll stage, my man." cried Train, and down
u came. He was a good stage Irishman an
although he was supposed to have been
year or two in America he still had on
> frieze coat, corduroy knee breeches, thi,
- woolen stockings, green neck-tie and
=, dudeen stuck in his caubeen. Talk Of G
element, why ii seemed as if the ro
would fly OFF OF the house, aud VIXEN NJ
= Train pressed twenty dollar gold piece i
to the poor immigrants palm, you won
= have thought that the City by the Sold
:, Gate was suffering from another cart
quake.
AS ! sat beside him in Madison Square
10 recalled this incident, and then he told I
ct that he was going to sit there like the O
All Roman Brutus and watch and wait r.
ne day will come, said he, when the world "
D. need me, and then I shall be ready
Sc strike. 1t may be years, it may be on
hours; when it does come | am here, q
world knows where to find me" And